A Sri Lankan delegation has engaged in discussions with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) to discuss the establishment of a branch campus in Sri Lanka.

According to the Office of Global Engagement IIT Madras, the Sri Lankan delegation was led by the State Minister of Technology, Kanaka Herath.

The delegation accompanied by Dr. D. Venkateshwaran, the Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka engaged in the discussion last week (Feb 05).

The Sri Lankan delegation engaged in fruitful discussions with key figures at IIT Madras, including Director Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan and Dean of Global Engagement Prof. Raghunathan Rengaswamy. 

They also toured the Centre for Innovation to learn firsthand about its cutting-edge research and development facilities. 

The Sri Lankan delegation also met Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Head of the Research Park at IIT Madras, during their visit. 

The Office of Global Engagement IIT Madras said the Sri Lankan delegation’s visit to the IIT Madras campus provided a first-hand understanding of the institute’s infrastructure, research capabilities, and educational excellence. (NewsWire)

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Plans are underway for India’s top-ranked engineering institute, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), to open a branch campus in Kandy, Sri Lanka this year, it was reported. 

According to Daily News, the move is part of the ongoing expansion of IITs abroad, while the proposal for the new campus was also announced in the 2024 Budget last November.

Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha has announced plans by his Ministry to send a team of academics to IIT Madras.

The Sri Lankan delegation will be sent to India before the arrival of the team from the IIT in Sri Lanka next month for discussions on setting up the campus.

The Minister further said the IIT Madras team is also expected to present a report to Sri Lanka’s University Grants Commission (UGC) outlining its courses and initiating the process of establishing the Kandy branch campus. 

The development comes after Minister Susil Premajayantha undertook a visit to India in December last year for discussions with the IIT-Madras on establishing a campus in Sri Lanka.

During the visit, Minister Premajayantha engaged in a meeting with senior officials of the IIT Madras. (NewsWire)

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Sri Lanka’s Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha recently (Dec 15) undertook a visit to India for discussions with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) in Chennai.

According to the Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka in Chennai, the visit was part of the plan envisioned by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to establish the presence of IIT-Madras in Sri Lanka.

Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Southern India Dr. D. Venkateshwaran organized a meeting with the senior officials of the IIT Madras with Sri Lanka’s Education Minister Susil Premajayantha at the IIT-Madras campus.

Kamakodi, Director Dr. Mahesh Panchagnula, Professors of the Department of Applied Mechanics, Senior Project Officer, University Relations Priya Venkat from IIT-Madras participated in the meeting. 

During the meeting, Minister Premajayantha assured to send a team of experts from Colombo to IIT Madras for further discussions on the proposal. (NewsWire)

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